November 08, 2006 09:00 PM UTC

Club for Growth costs Republicans Control of U.S. Senate. Delivers Rhode Island to Democrats.

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• by: DemoGirl

“Our Mission is not to help Republicans
hold onto the majority.”
Pat Toomey, President, Club for Growth
National Journal, March 23, 2006

On September 14, Toomey sent out a club bulletin summing up its activities in the Republican primaries:
“. . . the Club’s PAC scored its first-ever knockout of an incumbent when Tim Walberg defeated Rep. Joe Schwarz in the Michigan Republican primary. WE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING VITALLY IMPORTANT IN RHODE ISLAND DESPITE THE  VOTE TALLY.”

“Politicians are risk-adverse. EVERY REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS KNOWS WHAT WE DID IN RHODE ISLAND. They realize that Club members donated an incredible $725,000 to Chafee’s challenger. They know that the Club for Growth PAC spent an additional $515,000, mostly on TV ads, and took . . . (Chafee’s GOP primary) . . . challenger from being down 2 to 1 in the polls to the edge of an upset. As senators cast their votes on key bills, wavering Republicans will have to wonder if they could withstand the same punishment”

But for the CFG’s campaign against Chafee, the Republicans would still have retained control of the Senate even with the loss of Montana and Virginia.

Sooooo, you gotta love RINO Pat Toomey!  The punishment the CFG delivered–in violation of Reagan’s 11th Commandment–to Republican Lincoln Chafee was a punishment Chafee could not withstand nor recover from.  And, for that, the Democrats thank you!

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